THE GREAT EVENTS BY FAMOUS HISTORIANS

VOLUME IV

A COMPREHENSIVE AND READABLE ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY, EMPHASIZING
THE MORE IMPORTANT EVENTS, AND PRESENTING THESE AS COMPLETE NARRATIVES
IN THE MASTER-WORDS OF THE MOST EMINENT HISTORIANS

NON-SECTARIAN            NON-PARTISAN            NON-SECTIONAL

ON THE PLAN EVOLVED FROM A CONSENSUS OF OPINIONS GATHERED FROM THE MOST
DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS OF AMERICA AND EUROPE, INCLUDING BRIEF
INTRODUCTIONS BY SPECIALISTS TO CONNECT AND EXPLAIN THE CELEBRATED
NARRATIVES. ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY. WITH THOROUGH INDICES,
BIBLIOGRAPHIES, CHRONOLOGIES, AND COURSES OF READING

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

ROSSITER JOHNSON, LL.D.

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

CHARLES F. HORNE, Ph.D.
JOHN RUDD, LL.D.

With a staff of specialists

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The National Alumni

1905







CONTENTS

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An Outline Narrative of the Great Events,
  CHARLES F. HORNE

Visigoths Pillage Rome (A.D. 410),
  EDWARD GIBBON

Huns Invade the Eastern Roman Empire
Attila Dictates a Treaty of Peace (A.D. 441),
  EDWARD GIBBON

The English Conquest of Britain (A.D. 449-579),
  JOHN R. GREEN
  CHARLES KNIGHT

Attila Invades Western Europe
Battle of Chalons (A.D. 451),
  SIR EDWARD S. CREASY
  EDWARD GIBBON

Foundation of Venice (A.D. 452),
  THOMAS HODGKIN
  JOHN RUSKIN

Clovis Founds the Kingdom of the Franks
It Becomes Christian (A.D. 486-511),
  FRANCOIS P.G. GUIZOT

Publication of the Justinian Code (A.D. 529-534),
  EDWARD GIBBON

Augustine's Missionary Work in England (A.D. 597),
  THE VENERABLE BEDE
  JOHN R. GREEN

The Hegira: Career of Mahomet
The Koran: and Mahometan Creed (A.D. 622),
  WASHINGTON IRVING
  SIMON OCKLEY

The Saracen Conquest of Syria (A.D. 636),
  SIMON OCKLEY

Saracens Conquer Egypt
Destruction of the Library at Alexandria (A.D. 640),
  WASHINGTON IRVING

Evolution of the Dogeship in Venice (A.D. 697),
  WILLIAM C. HAZLITT

Saracens in Spain
Battle of the Guadalete (A.D. 711),
  AHMED IBN MAHOMET AL-MAKKARI

Battle of Tours (A.D. 732),
  SIR EDWARD S. CREASY

Founding of the Carlovingian Dynasty
Pepin the Short Usurps the Frankish Crown (A.D. 751),
  FRANCOIS P.G. GUIZOT

Career of Charlemagne (A.D. 772-814),
  FRANCOIS P.G. GUIZOT

Egbert Becomes King of the Anglo-Saxon
Heptarchy (A.D. 827),
  DAVID HUME

Universal Chronology (A.D. 410-842),
  JOHN RUDD




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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A captive's wife pleads with the barbarian chief for
the life of her husband,                           Frontispiece
  Painting by R. Peacock.

Mahomet, preaching the unity of God, enters Mecca
at the head of his victorious followers,
  Painting by A. Mueller.